August 8, 2021 Fall 2021 | Volume 3 Issue 3

This weekly newsletter is the place for Forest Hill Elementary Foxes to stay up-to-date on all the news and events happening at our wonderful school!

Forest Hill Happenings

First Day of School Mon., August 9 Kindergarten Stagger Days Mon., August 9- Thurs., August 12 Curriculum Nights Wed., August 11- Thurs., August 19, see details below Foxtail Fling Sat., October 2

Events & Information

MASKING WILL BE REQUIRED  From the beginning of the pandemic, GMSD has followed the guidance of the Shelby County Health Department. We will continue to do so. According to the Amendment to Directive No. 24 , which was released Friday morning, GMSD will follow the mask mandate for person(s) vaccinated and unvaccinated while indoors on GMSD campuses. *If your child has a valid CDC exemption and is unable to wear a mask, please reach out to your school administration (medical documentation will be required per the SCHD).   Back to School Safety Plan Link:  https://sites.google.com/gmsdk12.org/staffreopenplan/home Frequently Asked Questions: A definition of masking ‘exemptions’ as defined by the SCDH and the CDC and that medical documentation for requesting exemptions is now REQUIRED by our schools. GMSD has the authority to make decisions about masking outside of school hours or for activities that are not a required part of the school day.  3 feet of social distancing will be used as a measurement to determine possible close contacts in a classroom setting if all students are masked (see exceptions by clicking this link). As requirements and protocols change, we will continue to keep you informed in real-time. We also encourage you to reach out with additional questions via Let’s Talk. Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing our students on Monday. Parents may walk their student(s) to the classroom on the first day of school. Please wear a mask!

The FHES PTO welcomed back teachers and staff to school with a breakfast this past Monday. The PTO was able to gift grade-level teachers an additional trash can for the classroom at their request. Our Foxes "can" make a difference!

Preschool Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

School Supply Boxes are still available for purchase, but all orders after June 20 will be home delivered instead of pick up on Meet the Teacher Night. Click here to order a school supply box

The FHES Spirit Store is OPEN!

Click here to order spirit gear

FHES Cross Country

Email Coach Wood

Adults, Save the Date for our Foxtail Fling! Mark your calendars for our Forest Hill Elementary PTO Donation Drive fundraiser. It will be held Saturday, October 2 at the Germantown Pickering Center from 6:00-9:00pm and will be a fun night for adults only! We will share more information and open up ticket sales in August.

GMSD News

USDA Continues Free Breakfast and Lunch for GMSD Students

GMSD School Calendar

View the GMSD calendar

New GMSD Grading Scale for 3rd-12th Graders

Watch updates from the B.O.E. meeting

GMSD is now providing a Weekly Round-up. Follow this link to review the Weekly Round-up released on July 30, 2021. The Weekly Round-up includes the video recording of the latest school board meeting. During the meeting, the school board recognized ShaMira Davis, Jennifer Ledford, and Erin Rhodes with the award Employees that Empower for their leadership in summer programming. View a video about the successes GMSD experienced in its first year of summer programming for all grade levels. Two new Board resolutions were also passed involving the Shelby County Mitigation Plan and Retention Decisions for 3rd grade students for the district. ·      2022 Resolution 1: Adopting the Shelby County Hazards Mitigation Plan ·      2022 Resolution 2: Allowing Districts to Make Retention Decisions For Third-Grade Students

GMSD has moved to a new website platform and each school has a new web address. Visit the new FHES website

Shout Outs

Thank you so much to our friends at Harvest Church for treating our teachers and staff to lunch last Wednesday. We are so thankful for your love and support!

Ways to Support

Forest Hill Elementary PTO is partnering with Mabel’s Labels again this year. They give 20% of each purchase back to our school! Get waterproof labels for all of your student's supplies, stamps for shirts and jackets to keep them out of the lost and found, allergy reminders for lunches or even silicon name bands for water bottles. Visit mabelslabels.com, choose Forest Hill Elementary in Germantown as the fundraiser you would like to support, and start shopping!  Other super easy ways to raise money for our school is with Amazon Smile and Kroger. Each time you log into Amazon Smile (this is different than your standard Amazon login) and choose Forest Hill Elementary School PTO, Amazon will make a contribution to our PTO with each purchase! If you go to your Kroger account online and choose the Community Reward screen, you may choose FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY PTO to start earning $$ for the fun events and programs the FHES PTO plan each school year.

Note! You have to log in through Amazon Smile each time you shop.

Log in and go to My Account to set up your Community Rewards

For questions about participating in these programs, contact Jenna Kasser.

Need More Information?

Be sure to follow the FHES PTO's new Instagram account @fhes_pto for updates and reminders throughout the school year!

For PTO questions, visit the Forest Hill Elementary PTO website or email the PTO directly.

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